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  1. Pink
    A pink was a type of flat-bottomed sailing ship with a very narrow stern, used chiefly in the Mediterranean for fishing during the 15th century. In England, by the 18th century the term pink referred to two-masted merchant sailing ships characterised by a very round stern.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. pink
    Any of a group of annual or perennial plants that have stems with characteristic swellings (nodes) and scented flowers ranging in colour from white through pink to purple. Members of the pink family include carnations, sweet williams, and baby's breath (Gypsophila paniculata). (Genus Dianthus, family Caroph...
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  3. Pink
    (Dianthus) This group of hardy plants includes Pinks, Carnations and Sweet Williams. The Carnation is the descendent of D. Caryophyllus; it grows wild in southern Europe. D. barbatus, the Sweet William, is found wild in the Mediterranean region. The Pinks have mainly come from D. plumarius. The Chin...
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  4. pink
    Waters:Southern Atlantic Ocean; Mediterranean Sea Description (in water): There are about a dozen different varieties of this warmwater marine fish, which ranges in size from 1/2 lb. to 20 lbs. (those harvested for commercial purposes usually weigh under 3 lbs.). In the U.S., the most popular and most widely available member of the porgy family is the scup, which is slender and oval-shaped, with a brownish back fading to a silvery belly. Description (in market): The firm, flaky white flesh of th…
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. pink
    [adj] - similar to the natural color of pinks 2. [n] - any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers 3. [n] - a light shade of red 4. [v] - cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
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  6. Pink
    Pink noun [ Dutch pink .] (Nautical) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky . Sir W. Scott. Pink stern (Nautical) , a narrow stern.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91

  7. Pink
    Pink intransitive verb [ Dutch pinken , pinkoogen , to blink, twinkle with the eyes.] To wink; to blink. [ Obsolete] L'Estrange.
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  8. Pink
    Pink adjective Half-shut; winking. [ Obsolete] Shak.
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  9. Pink
    Pink transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pinked ; present participle & verbal noun Pinking .] [ Middle English pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form of pick .]...
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  10. Pink
    Pink noun A stab. Grose.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91

  11. Pink
    Pink noun [ Perh. akin to pick ; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Confer Pink , transitive verb ] 1. (Botany) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91

  12. Pink
    Pink adjective Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink , 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons. Pink eye (Medicine) , a popular name for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91

  13. pink
    1. <botany> A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tub...
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  14. pink
    pinkish adjective of a light shade of red
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  15. pink
    noun a light shade of red
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  16. pink
    garden pink noun any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
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  17. Pink
    • (a.) Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons. • (v. t.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. • (n.) A stab. • (v. t.) Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or pe...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. pink
    any of several flowering plants of the genus Dianthus in the pink family (Caryophyllaceae), grown widely in garden borders. The approximately 300 ... [1 related articles]
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  19. Pink
    Pink is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Color Pink, Healthy` Pink,Pinkie Pink doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Pink appeared In the top-1000 was 108 years ago, In 1900. It ranked #511 In that year. . 1880 was a `top year` for the name Pink. (Based on 128...
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  20. pink
    • a light shade of red
    • any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

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  21. pink
    pink, common name for some members of the Caryophyllaceae, a family of small herbs found chiefly in north temperate zones (especially the Mediterranean area) but with several genera indigenous to south temperate zones and high altitudes of tropical mountains. Plants of this family typically have ste...
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  22. Pink
    Pink is slang for homosexual.
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  23. Pink
    Pink is slang for homosexual.
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  24. Pink
    Pink is an effeminate colour merging purple with red. Traditionally associated with femininity, young girls, innocence. Pink is associated with gentleness, with delicate blooms and with blossom.
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  25. Pink
    (singer) `Alecia Beth Moore` (born September 8, 1979), better known by her stage name `Pink` (stylized as `P!nk`), is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She released her first single "There You Go", on her first album, the R&B-oriented Can`t Take Me Home, in 2000...
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11 February 2012

This day in history:
On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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